Bobby pin holder and hair curler



F. INTERRANTE 2,492,641

BOBBY PIN HOLDER AND HAIR CURLER Filed May 10, 1946 Jig. 5. INVENTOR fimwx lu'rsanmgz Patented Dec. 27, 1949 v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFHQE 1 Claim. 1

. This invention relates to a combination bobby -pin holder and hair curler wherein the curler, which is used for receiving and retaining a hair curl, also retains and guides a bobby pin in such a manner that it may readily be inserted over the collected hair curl. 5 It is one object of the present invention to provide a hair curler which is fashioned so that it may be utilized and helpful in the insertion of the bobby pin over the collected curl of hair.

It is another object of the invention to reduce the amount of equipment necessary for eifecting a hair curling or set up operation upon a persons head and wherein for this operation only one hair curler is necessary to form the curl and the other hair curlers which have been used may be replaced with simple and less expensive bobby pins.

It is still another object of the invention to provide a combination bobby pin and hair curler so that when the bobby pin is located over the curls, it is pushed from the rear of the curler toward the lock of hair rather than from the point at the front of the curler where little space is permitted for the insertion of the bobby pin.

According to the invention, the device comprises a curler including a mandrel and a clamp pivoted to one another and adapted to be opened by squeezing together their rear ends. In the top of the mandrel is a T-slot, extending the full length of the mandrel so as to receive and maintain a specially formed bobby pin throughout its passage along the slot and in such a manner as to leave one of its ends free to encompass a collected lock of hair which may have been wound upon the mandrel. Upon receiving the lock of hair, continued forward movement of the bobby pin through the slot will push the bobby pin from the mandrel and release the bobby pin so that it will be effective for thereafter retaining the curl thus replacing and making unnecessary the use of a more expensive hair curler itself for retaining the hair.

The slot is T-shaped with a vertically-extending narrow section adapted to receive only the narrow end turn of the bobby pin but allowing one of the sides of the pin to pass through the wide transverse section of the T for confining the bobby pin within the slot when being slid axially therethrough to encompass the hair curl.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, and to the appended claim in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawing forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a bobby pin holder embodying the features of the present in vention,

Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view with a bobby pin inserted for extrusion thereover, taken transversely through the device along the line Z2 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows thereof.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view taken through the device at the location of the slot thereover with the clamp pivoted outwardly from the mandrel to adapt the device for the reception of the hair curl.

Fig. 4 is a similar longitudinal cross-sectional view with the clamp returned to the mandrel over a portion of the hair that has been received, illustrating with dot and dash lines how the bobby pin is inserted. I

Fig. 5 is a side elevational view of the device showing the bobby pin connected with the hair after it has been slid along the mandrel from its initial position shown in Fig. 4. 1

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the bobby pin which is especially adapted for use with'the present device.

Referring now to the figures, Ill indicates the device in its entirety which comprises a mandrel l l and a clamping plate I2 pivoted to the mandrel l I near to the rear end thereof as at It! in much the same fashion as the parts of the present hair curlers are connected. The mandrel has its rear portion 14 extending rearwardly of the Pivot point l3 and the clamp has its handle portion I5 also extending rearwardly of the pivot point. By applying a squeezing pressure against the rear ends Of the mandrel and clamp, the mandrel and clamp will be separated from one another as shown in Fig. 3 for the reception of a lock of hair l6. A return spring 20- is provided between the parts and within the rear ends thereof to effect the closure of the parts upon release of pressure from the rearward ends. Such a spring however need not be necessary if the object is to immediately apply the bobby pin to the lock of hair.

In the top of the mandrel II and extending throughout its entire length is an inverted T- shaped slot l1 adapted to receive a specially formed bobby pin l8 in the manner indicated in Fig. 4 at l9, said bobby pin being shaped as 3. shown in Fig. 6. Bobby pin I8 is narrow at the turn as indicated at 2| and is wide along the forward ends or sides as shown at 22.

After the lock has been received and several turns of the same have been made about the mandrel, the bobby pin l8 can be slid along from the position I 9 at the rear of the slot to a position 23 (Fig. where it passes over and encompasses the collected lock of hair. At that moment the clamp can be released from the mandrel and the mandrel withdrawn rearwardly from the hair curl leaving the hair curl thereafter retained by the bobby pin,

Bobby pins are cheaper to construct than hair curlers, thus keeping the outlay for hair equipment to perform this operation to a minimum.

Referring now particularly to Fig. 2 it will be noted that the T-slot I1 comprises a restricted or vertical section 24 through which only the narrow turn H can beextended. With the fiat portions 22 resting at opposite ends of the restricted section 24 and prevented from entering the same, the bobby pin will be positively confined'and guided in its passage through the slot. The bobby pin cannot possibly release itself from the slot until its narrow portion has reached either one end or the other of the slot. Preferably the prong ends of the bobby pin should be turned up as indicated at 25 to facilitate their connection with the hair curl. I While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the 'precise construction herein disclosed and the right is reserved to all changes and modifications coming within the scope of the invention as delined in the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is:

A combined hair curler and bobby pin holder adapted to hold a bobby pin formed of abent over strip of metal, said bobby pin being rela-- tively wide at its upper and "lower portions, but relatively narrow at the turned over portion, said combined hair curler and bobby pin holder comprising an elongated round mandrel formed with a longitudinal slot of T-shaped cross-section extending from one end of said mandrel to the therebetween, said mandrel being adapted to "receive said bobby pin and maintain it in position'on said mandrel in such position that said bobby pin may be moved axially through said longitudinal slot in such manner as to encompass a collected lock of hair, but to prevent transverse movement of said bobby pin from said longitudinal slot while said bobby pin is retained therein, said T-shaped slot being formed with a relatively narrow vertically-extending section adapted to receive only the narrow end'portion of said bobby pin as it is moved through said slot, and said .slot being adapted in its widened section to receive a wide portion of said bobby pin in such a manner as to permit another wide free portion of said bobby pin to extend externally from said slot in order that a lock of hair may be received and retained between said free wide end and said mandrel as said bobby pin is moved through said longitudinal slot.

FRANK IN'IERRANTE REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record .in the file of this patent: V

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